New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25
THE KNIGHTS GOING 10 PIECES.
STARTLING FIGURES OF THE REVOLT
pIsCoNrENT AT ALL POINTs-IrCHMANs PRINT
No nIIL-POWpERLY BETrER.


| ING BILL-POwDERLY BETTER.
| purr .nErpurI Dco 2A-In October Of last veal
the organization of the Knights Of Labor possossed
723 900 members: in July of this year. oooooo' IL
! October 100000 and now IT possesses ho' oVo'
600 900 These figures are eloquent ana 'ho" nor'
| nlaInIv than words how alarming has been tho de
crease OF membership In the knights OF Laoor' ailo
how rapidly the great organization Is no" raining
| TO pIeces These figures are FURNISHED both by the
General Sccretary's report to the Richmond ana MIN
ncapois General Assemblies by an unquesuoheu au
tborltv a tbo general headquarters In this CITY Nhcn
the general reports in for the January quarter
II Is estma that the rolls Of the assemDes VIII sho"
an aggregate membership In good sahuing somc"ha'
| less than 100000 and probably lt'io over l"ooo"
Thus I'm the space Of fifteen months rom july l.
1856 TO January l. 1883 the order Of the knights OF
Labor Will have sunk from prodlgious army OF
7o9 900 wage workers TO a body of discontinued men
not more than once quarter that size, and this tremen
dous falling of Will be attributable chiefly to Tho us
affection of the rank and file with the rcgning admin
lstration
The great bulk OF assemblies that have lspscd from
the order do not regard themselves as out of 1t en-
tirey. but are merely waiting until the organization
has been placed upon a new and improved basis bo-
fore they rc-cntcr The anti administration leaders
are encouraging the revolt from the ranks az" are
preparing gather all the scccsslonlss INT" th"r
proposed Brotherhood of Labor general con
vcnon Of the dsscntcrs f. 10 be held In this cry or
fin Chicago within two months. Meanwhile dues and
assessments arc being rgldy withheld from tho gin
cral officers by many members si remaining In the
ORDER and the receipts OF the general treasury arc
insufficient to meet running expenses Ihe Iea"f'
Of tho opposition constantly receiving letters
from tho Officers of assemblies all parts of tho coun
try TO tho effect that the d-anccton Il permeating
every root AMI branch of the organizations
The General Executive BOaid adjourned on lhurs-
alm
between the factions in that boiy. At some OF the
sessions there was an apparent show Of harmony. but
others the bitterness that exists between Mcssrs
Litchmau, Haze. and Mcclure on the ono side and
Mcssrs Barry and Bailey the other. broke forth
into open hostility when II bee lnc known through
the newspapers that General Treasurer Turner had
been ordered TO show up the itcnifed accounts OF
General Sccretaiy Litchman's lumld printing bllL
This bin ell 10 $4,000. ami nasmuch a. ltch
man il known 10 have had largo portion % m"
Mass. loud camor had loon raised for p" at the
ncWzcd account his account 81 te','p.s "I.i
pcudlturcs VIII have to be ron cred ana steps 10
enforce Or'cr l-~ncG u!on General Treasurer Tug
viii be taken at once The memhers 81 ne Boa "a
except Mc-srs. Hayes and Carlton. who Two herr. "i
return until February ~ when tho Board Will hold
IT, regular COME encc
before tho Board adjourned thcy rantoI the Va
ona charters to trades desiring them In accordance
WITH the revised constitution 20 tho SIX workcts NJ"
oon 10 the clothing cutters. 10 80, Reading far"at
ON loye-. No 2@f c.earmah'r'. No %, ann ''t ="
car ctlrlocc, no csG The growing tcu'cnry TOW ari
tho Formation q Naiicr al trade. mulics IT, '"p
araic citfts WIliu the IN - 81 LAIR = t'u7 - u
The condition ~ Gcnc-h Master Workman Row
ISSUE nl his Official ur.a0. The journal ot I nlf"
Labor Nj TowdcrIy published card over hi' "~ u
Signature stating that he f. rapidly growing VOL again
hut ihit he d~.iics 10 cnl"' nrcd q v''r l"n III"
apologize TO- th" d',co -nranr" ~ h'- we"by lr''
I'm The journal and conclul~~ by wishing Z" all ih"
mcmhcr- Of the order Merry Lrl''mas and HAPPY
New Year